Mental health services can be successfully integrated in primary care
EXPERT ANALYSIS FROM AAP 2017
Unanswered question
“Hopefully there are better outcomes [with integrated mental health services]. We think there are, but some of that has not been proven,” Dr. Rabinowitz said, and it’s a potential target for future research. “Our mental health costs for emergency visits are way down compared to everyone else – we think this is the reason why, but we can’t prove that,” he added.
Dr. Rabinowitz reported having no financial disclosures.